#45BAEE#45BAEE

#45BAEE is a light, vivid cyan. Relative luminance 0.426; OKLCH L 74.5% C 0.127 H 231.4°. Best body text is #000000 at 9.51:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#45BAEE
RGB	rgb(69, 186, 238)
HSL	hsl(198, 83%, 60%)
HSV	hsv(198, 71%, 93%)
CMYK	cmyk(71%, 21.8%, 0%, 6.7%)
CIE-LAB	lab(71.25, -16.20, -35.31)
CIE-LCH	lch(71.25, 38.85, 245.36°)
OKLab	oklab(74.51% -0.0792 -0.0992)
OKLCH	oklch(74.51% 0.127 231.4)
XYZ	xyz(35.4396, 42.5520, 87.2179)
Luminance	0.4256 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	cyan

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

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OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#45BAEE #EE7945

analogous

#45EECE #45BAEE #4565EE

triadic

#45BAEE #EE45BA #BAEE45

tetradic

#45BAEE #CE45EE #EE7945 #65EE45

square

#45BAEE #CE45EE #EE7945 #65EE45

split-complementary

#45BAEE #EE4565 #EECE45

monochromatic

#0F7AA9 #15A2E1 #45BAEE #7DCFF3 #B5E4F8

Accessibility & contrast

On white

2.21

#45BAEE on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

9.51

#45BAEE on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #45BAEE

9.51:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##45BAEE	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##45BAEE	1.00	2.21	9.51	9.51
#FFFFFF	2.21	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	9.51	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#A0B8F1

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#89A7ED

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#00C8CB

Achromatopsia (no color)

#AEAEAE

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #45baee;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(69, 186, 238);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(74.5% 0.127 231.4);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#8dcef3',
    500: '#45baee',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #45baee;
$custom-light: #8dcef3;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#45baee",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 69,
    "g": 186,
    "b": 238
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 198.462,
    "s": 83.251,
    "l": 60.196
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.74513,
    "c": 0.12692,
    "h": 231.4
  },
  "luminance": 0.42556
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#45BAEE

secondary

#E8BBA7

accent

#4906E0

background

#F9FCFE

surface

#F2F9FD

border

#CCD2D5

text

#0E1317

muted

#7E8285

Preview Lab

Preview with #45BAEE

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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